A group of design students from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia earned the PETA Prize for Animal-Free Wool in the 2018 Biodesign Challenge. Woocoa is a vegan wool alternative made from hemp and coconut fibers treated with enzymes extracted from the oyster mushroom.

Stella McCartney is partnering with PETA and investment firm Stray Dog Capital to sponsor the first-ever PETA Prize for Animal-Free Wool Prize at the 2018 Biodesign Challenge, an international competition that offers university students the opportunity to envision future applications of biotechnology.

The Biodesign Challenge has partnered with PETA, Stella McCartney, and Stray Dog Capital to sponsor a prize that will be awarded to the team that designs the best animal-free wool during the 2018 Biodesign Challenge Summit.

BDC's Daniel Grushkin introduced the first installation in the Biotech Futures Talk + Lab Series, Privacy in the Era of Personal Genomics, at Data & Society on January 19th, 2017. The panel included Jason Bobe and Sophie Zaaijer and was moderated by Heather Dewey-Hagborg.